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HeaSun Choung

@4sight-nc.bsky.social

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On a learning journey mining data, human behavior, and figuring out the "Why". Mostly interested in Tech, Finance and Economics. 💙 CURRENTLY CLEAN ON OPSEC (She/Her)

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HeaSun Choung @4sight-nc.bsky.social · Nov 12

My rules for engagement

1. My opinions are my own.
2. I only share information that’s verified & preferably has valid links
3. I read before posting or replying
4. I ask myself if it’s true, kind or necessary before replying 😣
5. Any racism, bigotry or antisemitism will be automatically blocked

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Diane Swonk @dianeswonk.bsky.social · 2h

The hallowing out of the middle class and the economy. We are at a precipice. My take here.

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Bye, bye Miss American Pie

The outlook: inequality and consumer angst

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Motorhead @bradmunchen.bsky.social · 1h

I just injected this into my veins and haven't been able to stop laughing for over an hour now. Please help. 🤣

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HeaSun Choung @4sight-nc.bsky.social · 7h

Hard same! I only buy mini cans now.

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Anadarko @anadarkocapital.bsky.social · 9h

Remember when the MAGA dipshits we’re complaining about unelected bureaucrats?

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 9h

Senior negotiators from the US, Qatar and Turkey are set to join talks to end the war in Gaza. on.ft.com/47bv6xr

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HeaSun Choung @4sight-nc.bsky.social · 8h

I have never despised so many Americans as I do now, for letting us get to this point.

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 9h

just sickening

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 13h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Montana Skeptic @montanaskeptic.bsky.social · 9h

Friends don't let friends drive Teslas.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Woman, 24, dies after being trapped in burning Tesla

Julie Eibinder, 24, was cut off by an SUV driver while driving in North Miami Beach. The vehicles collided and Eibinder's Tesla struck a pole, causing it to erupt into flames.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 9h

A children’s hospital was set to get a new backup power system. The Trump administration just canceled it during the shutdown, claiming that it was part of the “Green New Scam.”
heatmap.news/politics/doe...

How a Children’s Hospital Became Collateral Damage in the Government Shutdown

Last week’s Energy Department grant cancellations included funding for a backup energy system at Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera, California

heatmap.news

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 1d

A friend said to me years ago that the progression of crises is tech becomes industrials which becomes financials and then kaboom. Over the past month it feels like we’re doing the handoff from industrials to financials.

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Jen @jenonymous.bsky.social · 6d

For some reason, this is what the tech bro billionaires want for America.

Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

Russian court orders confiscation of billionaire Shtengelov's assets, Interfax says reut.rs/476qNmU

Russian court orders confiscation of billionaire Shtengelov's assets, Interfax says

A Russian court on Wednesday ordered the seizure of confectionery billionaire Denis Shtengelov's KDV Group after it designated Denis and his father Nikolai as extremists, the Interfax news agency said.

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 8d

SEC Is Moving to Allow Stocks to Trade Like Cryptocurrencies

there will be blood

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 8d

Stunning how far we’ve fallen already.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8d

FT: Several people said they expected the transaction to go through fairly easily.

“.. What regulator is going to say no to the president’s son-in-law?" 🤡

@financialtimes.com $EA
www.ft.com/content/61ce...

How Jared Kushner brokered the $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts

Trump’s son-in-law used deep ties in Saudi Arabia to help pull off the largest buyout

www.ft.com

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HeaSun Choung @4sight-nc.bsky.social · 8d

Just waiting for the wheels to come off

a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in a park

ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in a park

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Librarian Capital @librariancapital.bsky.social · 8d

"Elon Musk hit by exodus of senior staff over burnout and politics" (FT)

Many of the leavers are long-time employees and/or report directly to Musk

One long-standing lieutenant: "Elon’s behaviour is affecting morale, retention and recruitment"

$TSLA

Gift link: on.ft.com/42EDxPp

Elon Musk hit by exodus of senior staff over burnout and politics

Churn at Tesla and xAI comes amid disillusionment with billionaire’s activism, strategic pivots and mass lay-offs

on.ft.com

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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 8d

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According to Caixin, "China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) is set to establish a dedicated department to oversee government debt, elevating the management as a multi-year campaign to defuse local government debt risk enters a critical phase."
www.caixinglobal.com/2025-09-29/e...

Exclusive: China to Create Department to Tackle Trillions in Local Government Debt

The finance ministry is elevating its oversight of government debt as it works toward a 2027 deadline to eliminate hidden liabilities

www.caixinglobal.com

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HeaSun Choung @4sight-nc.bsky.social · 9d

Nobel Peace Prize talk right here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Trump: "Israel would have my full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas, but I hope that we're gonna have a deal for peace."

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HeaSun Choung @4sight-nc.bsky.social · 9d

On the way to the airport and the driver asks where we are going.

I said “Korea”, they then ask me “North or South” ?!? 😣

HeaSun Choung @4sight-nc.bsky.social · 12d

So many of these innovative ideas may work on small scale or in controlled environment, but not so much in real world, scaled up on daily use. 😖

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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 13d

he's weak and getting weaker

Dem leadership, act like it!!!!!

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13d

Trump is absolutely cratering in new Quinnipiac poll:

Overall approval: 38-54
Approval on economy: 39-56
Approval on trade: 39-54
On National Guard into cities: 42-55
On immigration, his "best" issue: 41-55

Trump is weak, unpopular, and failing. Treat him that way:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14d

Trump/MAGA are trying to gaslight us into believing that anti-Jimmy Kimmel America is vast and deep, that MAGA's grip on the culture is unshakable, that mobilization is futile.

But this episode has demonstrated the opposite. Let's not forget it.

Thoughts on this:

newrepublic.com/article/2008...

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HeaSun Choung @4sight-nc.bsky.social · 14d

two women wearing headphones are sitting in front of microphones and the words good times are visible

ALT: two women wearing headphones are sitting in front of microphones and the words good times are visible

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 14d

This is the thing that makes the early corporate reaction to Trump so completely incomprehensible. A huge number of businesses went "well I guess one guy's posts are more important than basic rule of law or our customers' values, seems fine". Lotta executives just deluding themselves.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14d

would love for what's happening to NYT, Disney, and Target become a trend

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HeaSun Choung @4sight-nc.bsky.social · 14d

SF likely because it offers urban driving experience, it’s a complex operational design domain, able to test multiple scenarios. Also easier to trouble shoot cars close to HQ

Phoenix: weather and simple layout

Austin: City providing open & easy access to testing for autonomous driving since 2017

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Ruo Shui @ruoshuiresearch.bsky.social · 14d

podcast with @claudia-sahm.bsky.social to combine text-based with some short-form video 🙏

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14d

to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)

Opinion | This Is About So Much More Than Lisa Cook

www.nytimes.com

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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 14d

the incompetence will continue until we spend double what we needed to

Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 14d

New - “Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.”

www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics

Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

www.cnn.com

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Mike @mtannenbaum.bsky.social · 14d

Best quote from the article 👇: “I’ve seen better organized riots,” said Rep. Sam Liccardo (D., Calif.), who represents Silicon Valley. Liccardo’s phone was lighting up Friday and Saturday, with anxious executives at small tech companies worried about how the changes would affect them.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14d

WSJ: “.. Lutnick also told meeting attendees that the administration would discuss ‘suspending’ all other green card categories so the gold card path would represent the only way to immigrate permanently.” 🤡

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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